Barenboim Takes On Role at La Scala in Milan

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/arts/music/10scal.html

The Music of Joseph Dubiel

Joe Dubiel is a well known and accomplished music theorist, affable, pleasant in demeanor, learned and astute, and above all friendly in a field that has its thorns and brambles.

Plans for 2006-07 Radio Broadcasts on the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Int’l Radio Network

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/detail.aspx?id=192

`Dead Man Walking’ Arrives in Dresden With Sobbing Violins

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aPSRIelnNwxc&refer=culture

MONTEMEZZI: L’amore dei tre re

What happened to Italo Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re? After the opera’s triumphant premiere at La Scala in 1913, Montemezzi was vaulted into the international limelight, and his creation enjoyed regular performances throughout the world until his death in 1952.

Cyrano de Bergerac, Royal Opera House, London

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9bdefd88-df7a-11da-afe4-0000779e2340.html

Bostridge and Andsnes Pan Through the Bits and Pieces That Schubert Left Behind

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/arts/music/09ands.html

A shining production of Mozart’s ‘Tito’

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/lifestyle/bal-to.opera08may08,0,2966667.story?coll=bal-artslife-today

London’s Wigmore Hall Evades Cash Crunch With 300-Year Lease

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a8Lh_ZwQ6Ayg&refer=culture

Hello, cruel world

With its mismatched couples and absurd plot, Cosi Fan Tutte is thought of as Mozart’s ‘frivolous’ opera.